quarantine tanks..and cycling them

[vtfishies]

i bought a 10 gal tank set up with fresh salt water..and 2 peices of uncured figi live rock..temp is 79.5 degrees...is there anything else i should do to speed up the cycle..shrimp etc.i also ghost fed a small peice of flake food...any help would be great as i have never set up a qt before..thanks ahead

 

[bunnyl99]

I used 1 piece of raw shrimp to cycle my QT tank

 

[dmjordan]

I set my QT tank up using water from my main tank which was already cycled.

 

[bunnyl99]

As mentioned before on other posts here, using established water will not cycle a tank

 

[seahorse11]

Bunny, why is that? I am setting up a 10 gallon QT tank and was going to take water from my 90 gallon that has already been they cycling. I was going to also add sand and some LR from the tank.

 

[pfitz44]

most of the bacteria that causes the nitrogen cycle lives on surfaces of stuff... ie LR, sand, etc. Some live in the water, but not most. That is why when you do water changes, your tank doesnt cycle everytime

 

[bunnyl99]

The sand & live rock you add will help seed the bacteria, but your tank should still go through a cycle. It just won't take as long